Plastic Modeling

[Tcoat]

Opened up and padded dash removed. Resin isn't so hard to work with and my trepidation at the task was misplaced.

[Ultramaroon]

☐ not rekt
☑ rekt

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

☐ not rekt
☑ rekt

No not rekt PERFEKT!
Although reskinning those doors with styrene so they can have lips sides and working hinges is going to take a bit longer than opening them up did.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

No not rekt PERFEKT!
Although reskinning those doors with styrene so they can have lips sides and working hinges is going to take a bit longer than opening them up did.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Nice. You going to to replicate the full interior?

All this work is YOUR fault!
I could have just thrown some seats in front and painted it black but Noooooo

Mock up to make sure everything fits as I remember. Bar stool shortened 1/4 inch so nobody bumps their head.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Found this in a box of model parts I was digging through.
That is a vintage 1967 glue stopper pin.
should I contact an antique store.

i'm pretty sure that's a somewhat standard clothing alteration pin.

i've seen dozens of those over the years in various places, and it's usually somewhere/someone that altered clothing around that same era. i don't really know any model builders.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i'm pretty sure that's a somewhat standard clothing alteration pin.

i've seen dozens of those over the years in various places, and it's usually somewhere/someone that altered clothing around that same era. i don't really know any model builders.

It is but it was the very special one I used to clear my tube of glue as a kid.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Bar stool shortened 1/4 inch so nobody bumps their head.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Well almost nobody.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

All this work is YOUR fault!

Happy to help. I mean, you know you would have been disappointed later when you looked it and gone "I did a good job, but it's still not MY van".

[Tcoat]

Paneling, and decorations ready. Some will be paper and some decals. This will be my first venture into printing my own decals.

The posters are all accurate to what I had except the Cooper one. I had a promo poster for his Vancouver 1975 concert but there do not seem to be any pictures of it and I had to go with close enough. The small ones will be 8-track tape labels. The only concession I made to accuracy is the inclusion of the two model magazine covers as neither existed back then and I wasn't building models at that point in my life. Besides, I don't think I could post the real magazines here anyway!



Yes it truly was a child of the seventies. Just look at that paneling!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Happy to help. I mean, you know you would have been disappointed later when you looked it an gone "I did a good job, but it's still not MY van".

True. I was going to do it anyway but I need a scapegoat if it doesn't turn out well.

[Tcoat]

Front end dropped a tad more so stance is finally right. By today's standards it looks extreme but was pretty normal back then.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

☐ not rekt
☑ rekt

Not rekt no moor